Spheres of Power makes magic thematic rather that overpowering by making your mage more focused, but without the limits of spells. Rather than spells that make low-level mages all but worthless after a handful of rounds, or high-level mages who will in practice almost never run out, Spheres of power has a slew of at will abilities with a small spell pool to augment it, so you're viable at all times. It also makes making characters from your favorite media easy. Want Aang? Try an Elementalist. Want Elsa? The Nature sphere is calling you. Want a Jedi? A Mageknight with Mind and Telekinesis will work great. All these and more are easily done without making magic the easy button.
TabletopGame A Fun and Balanced Magic System
Spheres of Power makes magic thematic rather that overpowering by making your mage more focused, but without the limits of spells. Rather than spells that make low-level mages all but worthless after a handful of rounds, or high-level mages who will in practice almost never run out, Spheres of power has a slew of at will abilities with a small spell pool to augment it, so you're viable at all times. It also makes making characters from your favorite media easy. Want Aang? Try an Elementalist. Want Elsa? The Nature sphere is calling you. Want a Jedi? A Mageknight with Mind and Telekinesis will work great. All these and more are easily done without making magic the easy button.